Chapter 195: Jealousy, Not Letting Go

“No books?”

“Right, these days people are having trouble just getting enough to eat, where would they have the money to buy books?”

Li Xinyue thought for a moment: “Go borrow them! There’s a library in town, go borrow them regularly, the borrowing fees shouldn’t be too high.”

Borrow from the library?

Hearing this, Li Pingping looked like a dog: “No, the library is closed, they don’t lend books at all!”

“We and some classmates have already gone to check, the door is covered in dust.”

Ah?

How could she forget?

In this era, many books were classified as capitalist ideology, and libraries were simply not open.

Li Xinyue slapped her forehead: “Then… then can you climb into the library?”

Li Pingping: “…”

 Aunt Ye is so smart!

“Yes! There’s a guy in our class who lives in the dormitory near the library, he often goes inside to steal bird eggs!”

“Once, we even climbed in to look for books.”

It’s just like in the TV shows, the library in this era is completely unattended?

“Anyway, there’s no one there, I think you can go borrow a few books to read!”

Hearing this idea, Li Pingping was so excited: “Yes, yes, yes, that makes sense, that makes sense, I’ll go try it tomorrow!”

The two were talking excitedly, Xu Hongqin was dumbfounded!

Finally hearing her daughter say this, she had to speak up: “Xiao Li… this… this… this isn’t right, is it?”

“What if you get caught, that’s a crime!”

Li Xinyue smiled: “Sister-in-law, don’t worry.”

“The library is completely unattended these days, nothing will happen, just be careful not to get caught.”

“Besides, can borrowing a few books be considered stealing for a scholar?”

“As long as we keep the books safe and return them after reading, I don’t think it’s a big deal!”

“But be careful, okay! If you get caught, it won’t be so nice.”

“Pingping, a true scholar must be a lover of books, you understand?”

Li Pingping nodded excitedly: “I understand! Thank you, Aunt Ye, for your guidance, we will be careful!”

“Mom, don’t worry, there really is no one there, and no one will go there.”

“A few kids from our compound often go there to hunt birds and roast them, besides, I won’t be the leader!”

“To be honest, even if they get caught, they won’t be in any trouble.”

This little girl’s brain is really good!

Aren’t the children in the compound all leaders’ children?

They dare to go there to roast birds, who would go and arrest them for borrowing a few books?

Li Xinyue reminded again: “Pingping, remember: you must borrow good books, read good books, and be a person who is useful to society, can you remember that?”

“I can!”

The little girl really admires Li Xinyue.

Compared to her uncultured mother, this cultured aunt is truly a world apart!

“Aunt Ye, I will definitely let you look over the books I borrow!”

Li Xinyue patted Li Pingping’s shoulder: “Borrow a few more, especially the classics, borrow them for me to read.”

“Also, borrow some essays, poems, history, etc., those will be very useful for you!”

Li Pingping was very excited and gave a military salute: “Guaranteed to complete the mission!”

Dinner was made by Li Pingping, the little girl’s cooking skills were inherited from her mother, and it was actually quite good.

Many families had wild mushroom feasts that night, even Wu Xiuzhi’s family had some, sent by Mo Xiu.

Qi Xiangdong drank a bowl of mushroom soup and nodded repeatedly: “Really fresh, these mushrooms are so fresh, we’ll go up the mountain to look for them when we have a day off.”

The mushrooms were fresh, but Wu Xiuzhi found them tasteless.

“Xiangdong, do you know? Today, dozens of army wives went up the mountain to pick mushrooms with Li Xinyue. How can she be so capable?”

Capable?

Although Qi Xiangdong was arrogant, his thoughts changed when he learned that Li Xinyue had married Chen Mingchuan.

“Xiuzhi, do you know who Chen Mingchuan is?”

Wu Xiuzhi knew, of course, and looked up in surprise. “What do you mean by asking that suddenly?”

Qi Xiangdong looked serious. “He’s the person the division commander specifically requested, and he’s always on important missions.”

“In the future, his future is limitless.”

Wu Xiuzhi understood. “Are you asking me to curry favor with Li Xinyue?”

“Not curry favor. You’re cousins, and close cousins at that. You understand?”

She understood.

Qi Xiangdong wanted to climb the big tree that was Chen Mingchuan!

But asking her to curry favor with Li Xinyue? She would rather spit out what she had eaten!

“Xiangdong, you men are different from us women. Your feelings are different from mine. You’re not as observant as I am.”

“I’m telling you, this Li Xinyue is very suspicious.”

“I understand what you’re saying, but I won’t acknowledge this relative until I figure out her background.”

Background?

What background?

Qi Xiangdong was confused. “Are you saying she was switched?”

Wu Xiuzhi nodded. “You’ve known her for a long time, but you’ve interacted with her very little. I’ve been in the same class with her since we were kids.”

“The real Li Xinyue wasn’t this capable. She was a bit clever, but the current her isn’t just a bit clever. She’s too capable!”

“She knows medicine, she can sew clothes, she can drive, she can win people over. That’s not her!”

Really?

Is Li Xinyue that capable?

Qi Xiangdong was even more confused. “If it’s not her, then who is it?”

“I suspect the real Li Xinyue was switched. This person might be a spy!”

“Because Chen Mingchuan is in the military, she killed the real Li Xinyue and then disguised herself as her to infiltrate.”

Is that possible?

Qi Xiangdong was shocked!

But if they could find evidence that this ‘Li Xinyue’ was a spy, he could make a great contribution!

This achievement could sustain him for a lifetime!

“Then what are you going to do?”

Wu Xiuzhi narrowed her eyes. “I’ve already sent people to investigate. Both the Li family and the Chen family, I’ve sent people to them.”

“I think if she really is a spy, I’ll be able to find some clues!”

“It’s not that I want to target her. If a spy infiltrates the revolutionary ranks, that’s a big deal!”

“Don’t worry, I’ll investigate secretly.”

“If I can’t find any problems, I’ll acknowledge the ‘relative’ later!”

Right!

His wife was really smart!

Qi Xiangdong certainly didn’t want to acknowledge the relative, nor did he want to curry favor. After all, how embarrassing would it be to curry favor with a woman he had once looked down upon?

But he was a man who could bend and stretch, a man who could recognize the situation.

If this woman really had no problems, he would have to lower his head.

Qi Xiangdong, who had been promoted to deputy battalion commander at a young age, knew that his future was more important than anything else!

“Okay, before you find concrete evidence, don’t provoke her easily. Remember!”

Although Wu Xiuzhi was reluctant, she agreed obediently. “Okay. Don’t worry, I know what to do!”

Li Xinyue, I don’t believe you can hide this deeply!